Ink-stick.



H. N. DE LANOY.

INK STICK.

APPLICATION FILED MAY '1, 1910.

,ing the invention HARRY N. 33E LANOY, OF NELSNVILLE, NEU] YORK.

INK STICK.

senese.,

'Specification cf Letters Patent. Patenten una 13,

Application filed May 7, 1910. Serial No. 559,99.

To all 'whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY N; DE LANOY, a citizen of the United Sta-tes,residing` at lNelsonville7 in the county of Putnam and State of NewYork, have invented new and useful Improvements in lnk-Sticks, of whichthe following is a specilication.

This invention relates to an ink stick for use in supplying thereservoirs of fountain pens, stylographic pens and ink pencils, and to amethod of making; the same.

The object of the invention is to provide e stick or carrier composedoli a body having o coating of a water soluble ink, which stick is of aconvenient form to he inserted Within the barrel of the pen, so that itscoating may be teken up by a supply of water contained therewith in thebarrel, thus Afurnishing a" freely flowing ink for use which will. notclog or injure the pen.

e A further object of the invention is to provide an ink stick of thischaracter, a

number of which may he conveniently car` ried upon the .person of theuser-of e teun-- tain pen, thus enabling a fresh supply of inkfto beobtained at any time when the ink in the pen is exhausted.

A further object ot the invention is to provide a simple andedectiveiethod of manufacturing ink sticks for this purpose.

ln the accompanying drawing, illustrat- Figure l is a side elevation ofa preferred form of ink stick. Fig. 2 is across section of the saine.

ln carrying my invention into practice, l

provide an ink sticli comprising e. stem or 'carrier l provided with anexternal coating The stern or carrier i is preferably of ,the generalform 2 'of an ink soluble in water.

of c meten splint and inede hire the same of wood, but peper,pestehoard'or any other suitable porous material may he employed.Theinlr used may oe any of the Water soluble onilincolors.

in the'rncthod of manufacturing the sticks, u. number of the splints eresaturated with water, preferably by successively soaking the saine inhot and cold water, whereby" seturation is incre thoroughly and quicklyeffected. 'lhe splints are then removed from the water and tumbled in asuitable :apparatus until their surfaces are of proper dryness, which isknown when no water shows upon the surface, which looks dry and barelyfeels damp. They are then tumbled about thirty seconds in a closedreceptacle containing some dry, finely powdered anilin 'color o quantityci about one ounce to every seven hundred splints. A thin lilm orcoating or" anilin will thus he caused to adhere to the surface ofeachvsticlr, after which the sticks are allowed to dry until the surfacecoating becomes hard.

The purpose of thoroughly soaking the lsplints is to cause theirsurfaces to dry slower and more evenly, so that s. coating ofsubstantially-the saine thickness will he easily applied to each splint.The splint is used as a support forl the anilin to facilitate itshandling hy thc user, on account of Lthan ordinary ink, do not injurethe pen and render the use of a liller unnecessary. A snpply can oelcarried in the pocket under any and all conditions and the pen filledanywherewithout soiling the lingers, and hy 'simply inserting a stickand filling the har rel with Water.

'It' desired, the amount and thickness ci the ink, as weil as the depthof the color may he varied by breaking a stick into pieces and insertinge Erection oi any do sired size to snit the purpose. Also the coatingmay terminate short of one end of the support, leaving an uncoatedportion so that the stiel: may he handled without soiling the Yfingerswhen handled with wet hends or the coating may he formed wholly upon onef end ci the Suppen, inatch for purpose, es desired.

Hoving thus described nay invention, i clsiinrl. An ink cartridge of thecharacter de crihed comprising s porous splint having; s surface iilm orcosting of s coloring; sichn stance soluble in water, seid lilm seingsimilar to the heed orf a v formed from dr f powder heving its particlcs united and cause-:l 'to adhere by mois-- ture to surface oi thesplint.

2. The herein-described method of making; inl; cartridges of? thecharacter' described, which consists in scoring porous bodylin Water,expressing' any excess moisture until v place ing the a finely dampenedsurface of said body with powdered anilin color, whereby particles ofthe color are caused to cohere and form a film upon said surface.

3. The heren-described method of making ink cartridges of the characterdescribed,

which consists in soaking a mass of porous splints in water, tumblingthe splints to disthe sur the excess water therefrom and until facesthereof are left barelymoist,

and then tumbling the moist splints in contact with a iinely powderedanilin color whereby particles of the color coming in contact with eachstick are caused to cohere and form a film 'upon the stick.

In testimony whereof I aiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HARRY N. DE LANOY.

